Achilles

Boy · recorded 1912–2025

  • #1,290in 2025
  • 1 in 11,311boys in 2025
  • −21%last ten years
  • 1.6×in California

Most popular in 2018. Quieter now: down 21% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1912

07114219121940196919972025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 63 recorded years as a table
Achilles, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191219
191512
19166
19178
19187
19196
19208
19218
19225
192315
19247
19254
192610
19279
19296
19315
193212
19375
19404
19503
19683
19724
19736
19755
19764
19803
19824
19853
19883
19893
19924
19933
19944
19953
19974
19983
19993
20005
20014
20024
20033
200416
200567
200678
200753
200863
200950
201057
201165
201278
201375
201489
2015112
2016120
2017126
2018142
2019116
2020111
2021112
2022108
202394
202496
202588

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. California 1.6×
  2. Florida 1.5×
  3. Texas 1.2×
  4. New York 1.2×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
151
Rank in 2025
#1,290
How rare
1 in 11,311 boys
Since 1912
3,844

Most popular in 2018, at 142 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 21% per million boys born.

Top 4 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
California1.6×81
Florida1.5×39
Texas1.2×58
New York1.2×28

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.